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WHY VISIT A TOWN?

VISIT THE WHOLE FOREST!

BY CHUCK N. BAKER

T here are many towns What can you do in an entire forest? their ancestral homelands, including
and small locations
Southern Paiute, Northern Paiute,
Picnics, cycling lanes, playing with
Western Shoshone, and Washoe
surrounding Pahrump your dogs! Phone: (775) 331-6444.
that are well worth
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest’s
visiting. For the most Space to roam is not a problem. The Indians. All are descendants of the
prehistoric peoples that inhabited the
part they all welcome tourists, and spectacular 6.3 million acres make vast landscape stretching east from
most of them can be visited on day it the largest national forest in the the Sierra Nevada Mountains across
trips. Taking a day trip with friends lower 48 states. It’s made up of the basin and range lands of the
and/or family can be invigorating. But large but non-contiguous sections Silver State.
wait! Why visit a small town when scattered across most of the state
you can visit an entire forest! of Nevada and a portion of eastern Evidence of both historic camps and
California. Forest offices are located prehistoric occupations are abundant
If you have the time, and a good set in Austin, Carson City, Elko, Ely, throughout the forest. Dating as
of tires, consider taking in the nearby Las Vegas, Sparks, Tonopah, Wells, long as 13,000 years ago are Bald
Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest, and Winnemucca in Nevada and Mountain Wash on the Tonopah
the principal U.S. National Forest in Bridgeport in California. District, and Toquima Cave on the
the state of Nevada. There is even Austin District.
a smaller portion further west in Several indiginous peoples claim
Eastern California. Humboldt-Toiyabe lands as part of Article continues on next page >>